
The Marriage Supper
LESSON 9
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Sunday
August
25
"And after these things I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and
honour, and power, unto the lord our God: for true and
righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand." Rev.
19:1, 2.
With the great system of evil and deception overthrown and
boastful Babylon now a desolation, the saints are about to re-
ceive their reward. So they lift their voices in this mighty
"Hallelujah Chorus."
What was the theme of the song John heard sung by the
multitude in heaven? Verses 1, 2.
When the prophet Daniel in vision was looking just beyond
our own day, his words of victory were: "The time came that
the saints possessed the kingdom." Dan. 7:22. But the great
usurper must first be dispossessed. Anticipating that, the saints
shout, "Alleluia; Salvation, and glory and honour, and power,
unto the Lord our God." Rev. 19:1. Three more times the
"Alleluia" appears in verses 2-6.
Who confirmed the song of the multitude? Verse 4.
"When the earthly warfare is accomplished, and the saints
are all gathered home, our first theme will be the song of
Moses, the servant of God. The second theme will be the song
of the Lamb, the song of grace and redemption. This song will
be louder, loftier, and in sublimer strains, echoing and reecho-
ing through the heavenly courts. Thus the song of God's provi-
dence is sung, connecting the varying dispensations; for all is
now seen without a veil between the legal, the prophetical,
and the gospel. The church history upon the earth and the
church redeemed in heaven all center around the cross of
Calvary. This is the theme, this is the song,—Christ all and in
all,—in anthems of praise resounding through heaven from
thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand and an in-
numerable company of the redeemed host. All unite in this
song of Moses and of the Lamb. It is a new song, for it was
never before sung in
heaven."—Testimonies to Ministers,
page
433.
THINK IT THROUGH
The song we will sing then is the story of our experience
here. In what ways is my life hindering preparation for sing-
ing that song of deliverance and redemption?
"Let all your powers be directed to pointing souls, confused,
bewildered, lost, to 'the Lamb of God.' Lift Him up, the risen
Saviour, and say to all who hear, Come to Him who 'hath loved
us, and hath given Himself for us.' Let the science of salva-
tion be the burden of every sermon, the theme of every song."
—Evangelism,
page 185.
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THE TRIUMPHANT
CHORUS